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Locality Name:
Sermiligaarsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland, Denmark


mindat Locality ID: 30251
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30251.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sermiligaarsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland, Denmark": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Iterlak Outlier
Midternaes Outlier
North Midternaes Outlier
Nuuluk Gold Prospect (Nuluk)

Latitude: 61°30'0"N
Longitude: 48°30'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 61.5,-48.5
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Cu Fe S Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteChloritoidClayCopperMicaNickelineNonePyrite
QuartzSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chloritoid  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Margarite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Paragonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21485863092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14858627770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2148586376
Gold  (*)CopperAu14858630554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1485862812
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414858614899
Margarite  (*)Mica ClayCaAl2Si2Al2O10(OH)2148586168
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214858617380
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2148586247
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214858661156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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